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Game #3819

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 8 September 1984

6th (+5)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥|
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Steve McMahon
🟨 Steve Foster
🟨 Colin Gibson

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Paul Rideout, Tony Dorigo and Paul Birch make their first starts of the season in place of Des Bremner, Gary Williams and Dennis Mortimer.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.68 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.05 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.70 |

  • Graham Turner's Villa bounce back from two heavy defeats to score four past Chelsea with Gordon Cowans, Peter Withe and Steve Foster prominent.

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Won

4-2

🟩 8 Sep 1984, Villa 4-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 6' | 27' | Steve Foster | 35' | Paul Rideout | 69' |

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 6' | Gordon Cowans | 27' | 35' | Peter Withe | 69' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Mark Walters
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 3-0, Steve Foster, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Chelsea
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 3-1, (Chelsea), John Bumstead
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 4-1, Paul Rideout, Assist by Peter Withe
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 4-2, (Chelsea), John Bumstead
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Chelsea

🟨 | Booking, Steve McMahon
🟨 | Booking, Steve Foster
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 8 September 1984

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: David Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1982-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Referee: David Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1982-1989

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 5 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 0 🟥 2 | 1.80

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
19
🟩
9
🟨
0
19
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
8
0
🥅
5
28
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
2
🟩
1
🟨
0
1
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
300
🟩
134
🟨
31
297
🟨
75
🟥
4
40
🟥
91
9
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
12
🟩
6
🟨
1
12
🟨
0
🟥
0
2
🟥
6
0
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
189
🟩
93
🟨
11
184
🟨
36
🟥
2
9
🟥
60
11
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
28
🟩
15
🟨
0
27
🟨
5
🟥
0
2
🟥
8
3
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
82
🟩
36
🟨
7
69
🟨
14
🟥
0
16
🟥
32
11
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
33
🟩
13
🟨
2
27
🟨
7
🟥
0
8
🟥
13
4
Sub 2
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Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 4
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Player Profile
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
23
🟨
5
54
🟨
12
🟥
1
5
🟥
19
5
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
329
🟩
153
🟨
4
314
🟨
76
🟥
0
50
🟥
100
52
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
195
🟩
98
🟨
25
195
🟨
37
🟥
1
81
🟥
60
33
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile

Division One

Chelsea

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Villa Park

Attendance: 21,494

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Doug Rougvie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Colin Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Paul Canoville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨 🟨 🟨

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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